BCD Mystery Mayor Red Herring by Archer Mayor. Read by William Dufris. 8 discs. 8+ hours. “In Vermont, there are 10 to 12 murders per year... But when three bodies turn up, and investigation shows them to be murders disguised as something else, Joe Gunther's Vermont Bureau of Investigation is under the figurative gun to find a clever serial killer.” Booklist 9/15/2010

BCD Mystery Parker Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker. Read by Jo Mantegna. 5 discs. 5+ hours. “Parker died this past January, making this the last in his long-running and popular series featuring wisecracking Boston PI Spenser… the plot involves a missing artifact, a murder, and Spenser's determination to do the job he set out to do no matter who or what stands in his way. The missing artifact here is a stolen painting, and Spenser's client is an art professor who wants protection while ransoming it. Things, of course, are not quite what they seem, and the path to resolution is full of twists, betrayals, secrets, and good intentions gone horribly wrong. Parker's dialog is as sharp and snappy as ever. Verdict Fans of the series and of mystery fiction in general will enjoy one last outing with Spenser, longtime lover Susan, and Pearl the Wonder Dog.” Library Journal 9/1/2010

BCD Mystery Penny Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. Read by Ralph Cosham. 10 discs. 12+ hours. “Penny's first five crime novels in her Armand Gamache series have all been outstanding, but her latest is the best yet, a true tour de force of storytelling. …Front and center are the travails of Gamache, chief inspector of the Sûreté du Quebec, who is visiting an old friend in Quebec City and hoping to recover from a case gone wrong. Soon, however, he is involved with a new case: the murder of an archaeologist who was devoted to finding the missing remains of Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec… Penny hits every note perfectly in what is one of the most elaborately constructed mysteries in years.” Booklist 7/1/2011

BCD Mystery Rozan On the Line by S. J. Rozan. Read by William Dufris. 8 discs. 9+ hours.

BCD Mystery Ryan The Holy Thief by William Ryan. Read by Simon Vance. 9 discs. 11 hours. “Strong and stern, Captain Korolev solves murders for Moscow's Criminal Investigation Division. In 1936, his successful efforts earn him an unenviable assignment-a tortured female corpse has been found in a former church that is now home to a Komsomol (youth wing of the Communist Party) group. Responding to Stalin's increasing paranoia, the city's population turns inward lest a careless joke result in harsh exile. Korolev has to look for allies in unlikely places.” Library Journal 7/1/2011